Repairing a charred briar chamber (video set)

[LatakiaLover]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... WswcXKMDlQ

[caskwith]

Waterglass! But you can taste it, and it makes you unattractive to women, and makes your farts smell funny.

[sandahlpipe]

Thanks for sharing this video, George. I was wondering where you get those rubber gloves. I’ve been using the diamond grip ones, but those do seem to have some flex in them.


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[LatakiaLover]

https://www.amazon.com/AMMEX-Nitrile-Gl ... ay&sr=8-11

[Ocelot55]

Great tips as always, George. It does open Pandora's box to folks who can effectively conceal interior damage. As often as some pipes trade hands a pipe so treated may not be discovered for several owners.

Amateur question here. So what's the difference between this and adding a waterglass bowl coat? I've done that several times to save customer pipes, but only on request.

[LatakiaLover]

It does open Pandora's box to folks who can effectively conceal interior damage.

When "eliminate" includes "effectively conceal," it isn't a bad thing. It's like a reset button for the chamber. Stand-alone concealment, though, is definitely evil. That's deliberate deception.

Amateur question here. So what's the difference between this and adding a waterglass bowl coat? I've done that several times to save customer pipes, but only on request.

The waterglass doesn't flow into/integrate/fuse with the briar to a significant depth when used in paste form. It just serves as carbon particle carrier that becomes (after it dries) a surrounding matrix for the carbon anywhere there's a low spot/crack/burn in the chamber wall.